He is worse than Liu Xiang, but no one remembers! High jump genius Zhu Jianhua: He has broken the world record 3 times, but because of a loss, he was sent a blade and was pointed at his nose and scolded - "Why don't you die?!" "Why did he, who won glory for the country, end up in such a situation?
A flying figure, shuttling between the alleys and alleys of Shanghai, his vigorous skills made him throw off a group of partners.
This is Zhu Jianhua, who was born in 1963, and has shown amazing athletic talent since he was a child.
His height is far beyond his peers, and his jumping ability is outstanding.
When he was ten years old, Zhu Jianhua was photographed by the famous coach Hu Hongfei and started professional high jump training.
At that time, the training environment was quite simple, there was not even a single standard equipment on the playground of more than 80 square meters, and even the ruler for measuring height was made by Coach Hu himself.
But this did not dampen Zhu Jianhua's love for sports, but prompted him to train harder.
In the past few years, Zhu Jianhua has emerged in various competitions and made new contributions.
In 1979, at the age of 16, he broke the domestic high jump record with a score of 2.13 meters and won the silver medal.
A year later, he made a name for himself by winning three consecutive titles in three major tournaments.
In 1981, he broke the Asian record and became the first Chinese athlete to sign with Nike in the same year. The successive brilliant achievements made Zhu Jianhua famous.
Just when people's expectations for Zhu Jianhua reached a critical point, at the Fifth National Games in 1983, he broke the world record with an astonishing score of 2.37 meters!
This is undoubtedly a major breakthrough in Zhu Jianhua's life, and the whole country is jubilant.
In the following year, Zhu Jianhua broke the world record three times in a row, and finally fixed at 2.39 meters, and was named the "Prince of High Jump".
The Shanghainese has become a high-jump superstar and has even been engraved on Olympic commemorative coins.
Expectations for Zhu Jianhua are also growing, and the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics is undoubtedly his most important stage.
But just before the game, Zhu Jianhua was tormented by huge psychological pressure.
"Everyone had already awarded me the gold medal, and I was nervous all the time, and even had trouble sleeping," Zhu recalled. The pressure is unimaginable.
On the day of the competition, Zhu Jianhua was in average condition, but he still jumped four heights in a row.
Just as he was preparing for his final jump, a British athlete suddenly fell to the ground and the competition was interrupted.
This accident completely disrupted Zhu Jianhua's rhythm and made him abnormal at a critical moment, and finally only jumped 2.31 meters to win a bronze medal.
Although this is the first medal in the history of Chinese track and field Olympics, it is a waterloo in life for Zhu Jianhua.
Just two months ago, he defeated the eventual winner, the German.
In this way, the gold medal that was set in stone at the beginning came to naught.
Insults, accusations, and slander followed, and many people wrote letters insulting Zhu Jianhua, and some even sent razors and ropes, signaling him to commit suicide and apologize.
Overnight, the hero admired by thousands of people in the past became the defeated general pointed out by Qianfu.
Countless insults were endless, and even Zhu Jianhua's family was in the predicament of being abused and threatened several times.
Since then, Zhu Jianhua's athletic career has plummeted, and he was eliminated in the preliminaries at the 1988 Olympics.
In 1990, at the age of 27, he announced his retirement.
In an interview with Contemporary Sports magazine, Zhu Jianhua uttered the meaningful words: "The audience only sees the crossbar, and they are happy when you jump over, and throw soda bottles if you can't jump over." "
After retiring, Zhu Jianhua got married and had a daughter, and in order to give his family a better life, he founded a sports company in Shanghai.
In 96, he founded a high jump school, hoping to train a new generation of outstanding athletes for the country, and he paid out of his own pocket to supplement the nutrition of students all year round.
Zhu Jianhua, who is over 60 years old now, lives a low-key and simple life, he does not call himself a hero of the past, and his company and family can no longer see the photos of him when he participated in the competition.
Looking back on Zhu Jianhua's experience, it is not difficult to find that people's expectations for athletes are too high, almost crazy.
This pressure is enough to overwhelm anyone.
Achievements are over-exaggerated and touted, which is destined to bring a huge psychological burden.
Wouldn't it be more meaningful to watch the process of sweating the athlete than to pursue that glittering medal? The spirit of hard work is the highest gold content of competitive sports.
We should sweep away the injuries that Zhu Jianhua has suffered in our hearts, and appreciate and learn from his indomitable and never-say-die sportsmanship.
Even at the low point of his life, he still did not give up and continued to contribute to China's sports industry in his own way.
We lack enough tolerance and understanding for athletes who strive for excellence.
We ignore their efforts and only see the results, ignore their efforts and only see the medals.
Perhaps, one day in the future, when you see a tall and chubby middle-aged man on the street, it is hard for you to imagine that he is Zhu Jianhua, the "Prince of High Jump" who broke the world record three times and was engraved on an Olympic commemorative coin.
But if you listen carefully to his story, you will definitely be deeply moved by this once spurned hero and impressed by his dedication and tenacity in sports.